Indian Birds 



eat on the earth below ; it then descends, and 

 its companions, observing this, follow suit.) 



9. The Kestrel (162). (This behaves over 

 land much as the Pied Kingfisher does over 

 the water.) 



10. The Gulls (196-199). (Everyone is 

 familiar with the manner in which gulls follow 

 ships.) 



11. The Terns (200-206). 



2. Birds which make little sallies into the air 



from a ferch after insects 

 {Vide Feeding habits, 4.) 



3. Little birds which fly from the ground some 

 twenty or thirty feet and then drop to the 



ground, singing as they descend 

 The Finch-Larks (104 and 105). 



VI. FEEDING HABITS 



I. Birds which feed largely on the ground 



1. The Crows (1-4). (These are omnivorous, 

 and feed anywhere and everywhere.) 



2. The Babblers (6-9). 



3. The Malabar Whisthng Thrush (11). 



4. The Shrikes (34-37). (Descend from 



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